Step by Step Mixed Media Art Demonstration
About Sandrine Pelissier
I grew up in France but have been living in Canada for the last 12 years, I am currently located in North Vancouver and work from a studio on Pemberton Avenue.
Watercolor is my medium of choice because of the unique way it allows me to render light. The transparency of this medium can make it look like the painting is lit from behind and the light is shining through the paper In my portraits, I like to tell stories about the people around me. I am very interested in childhood fantasy or fairy tales (I wish it would snow Flowers, Hair Balloon, Georgia, the Spanish dress and the Eclectus Parrot). I also like to induce a dialogue with the viewer in some paintings dealing more with introspection and mood (Mixed, In the studio).
Those portraits are not about likeness or knowing the people that are being painted, as I see my models as actors in a movie, they are the faces that will allow me to tell a story or to show emotions. Those faces are a source of endless fascination and I find the subtlety that can be achieved with watercolor well suited to the complexity of the human face.
My technique involves the accumulation of many transparent layers of watercolor. Then I like to incorporate mixed media in the background, work sometimes with some contouring. I also sometimes like to add some drawing on top of the painting or some graphic elements…
Beginners Guide to Acrylic Painting Additives
Here is a very helpful acrylic painting tutorial created by Artist and Instructor Bob Davies. Bob has a number of free video tutorials on his YouTube page here, so be sure to head on over after viewing this tutorial.
This video tutorial is a well rounded introduction to some of the more popular acrylic painting additives that are available to artists today. These additives change the properties of acrylic paint that comes straight out of the tube. Below is a short description of the items Bob talks about in the video.
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Acrylic Portrait Painting Tutorial – Using A Limited Palette and A Four Value Underpainting
About Christopher Vasil
I’m a Delaware based impressionist working in acrylics. I try to make paintings that look precise and at the same time spontaneous. My work has been described as having a “…powerful, primitive, brushstroke laid down in a way that brings gentleness…work [that] can appear powerful and yet gentle at the same time. It is both exciting and relaxing.” Lately I’m experimenting more with concept art, combining representation with abstraction as a means to explore ideas about form and dimension.
Christopher’s Website: www.christophervasil.com
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Acrylic Painting Layering Techniques – Tutorial by Brandi Deziel
About Brandi
Brandi Deziel is a self-taught photorealism painter living and working in Toronto.
She creates the illusion of a photograph by layering crisp images with soft, blurred backgrounds and foregrounds thus shifting the attention to the focal object and deceiving the eye.
Her work is included in private collections world-wide.
Brandi Deziel’s Acrylic Painting Method – Layer by Layer
Acrylic Painting Lesson – Keeping it Loose
Here is a free acrylic painting lesson video created by Artist Robert Joyner.
In the beginning of the video, Robert talks about an equation he likes to apply to his painting that I found very interesting. Its a 2:1 equation with 2 parts believable and 1 part imperfect. In Roberts opinion, which I tend to agree with, its the imperfections that make a painting beautiful.
Robert likes to keep his compositions simple and his brushwork loose and abstract which makes for some very interesting paintings. In this particular lesson, his composition is two fishing boats that are docked in downtown Newport News.
The biggest lesson I took away from this video is to not take my painting too seriously. I know that many times I will become intimidated by a particular painting I am working on. I will worry that it may not come out the way I anticipated and its those worries that ultimately ruin the finished product. I think its best to just relax and let go as Robert does in this video. And if it doesn’t come out as good as you had hoped, then put it in the “reject” pile like Robert mentions in the video and paint over it! What a great concept.
Acrylic Painting Video Demonstration Step by Step
I found a great step by step acrylic painting tutorial today on YouTube created by the very talented Artist and Instructor Bob Davies. Bob has a number of free excellent demonstrations, tips and tutorial on his YouTube page, so be sure to head on over after viewing this lesson.
Be sure to also check out Bob’s free Ebook “Acrylic Painting Secrets”. Lots of helpful information there as well.
Red Wharf Bay Painting Tutorial by Bob Davies
Acrylic Image Transfer Techniques & Tutorials
There are a number of different methods for transferring images to a canvas or other support. In this post however, we will focus on tutorials that demonstrate how to transfer images, whether they be photographs, photocopies or printed materials, onto a canvas or other support, using acrylic mediums along with other tools and materials.
It sounds like a difficult process, but it is actually pretty easy once you get the hang of it and extremely enjoyable. It actually becomes addictive because there are so many possibilities using this process. After watching the videos and reading through the tutorials below, my head is spinning with ideas and I know yours will as well. I hope you enjoy. Happy transferring!
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Step by Step Acrylic Painting Video Tutorial
Here is an excellent step by step acrylic painting tutorial that I found on YouTube the other day. It is by a very talented Artist by the name of Adam Maslowski. I am happy I stumbled upon this Artist and I am sure you will be too once you finish watching the following acrylic painting demonstration. What I like most about Adam is his very relaxed, “no rules” approach to painting. Painting shouldn’t be so structured and technical. It should be a relaxing and enjoyable process that allows your inner creativity to shine.
This step by step acrylic painting demo is in 6 parts that is roughly 40 minutes total, so try and free up some time to relax and enjoy this free painting lesson.
Acrylic Painting Tutorial Step 1
Acrylic Portrait Painting Demonstration
This is a really cool 6 part acrylic portrait painting demonstration by artist ERIC T. FRANCIS. This portrait painting tutorial will teach you how to paint your very own portrait, start to finish, with the aid of a free software program called Gimp. If you don’t have this software, you can download it here.
Computer software can be a wonderful tool for artists. More and more artists are utilizing technology to make the painting process easier. There are certain settings within image editing software, that make it much easier to see the values within a photograph. For the untrained eye, recognizing different values within a portrait is very difficult and this software really helps!
How to Paint an Acrylic Portrait Part 1
Acrylic Painting Video Tutorial – How To Paint a Cactus
I found a really interesting acrylic painting video tutorial today from a very talented artist by the name of Rudy Kistler. This is a still life painting lesson using a subject that I do not see many artists painting, a cactus.
This tutorial is broken down into 10 different steps for your convenience making it easy to follow. Below is a short summary of the steps in this video. Please watch the video below to follow this tutorial in its entirety.
Follow this link to visit Rudy’s YouTube Page to watch more of his videos.
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